Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Is a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Delayed Graft Function.
B. Muth,¹ J. Turk,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ D. Mandelbrot,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ R. Redfield,² D. Kaufman,² A. Djamali.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is a prognostic measure for graft function and survival. It is unclear whether it predicts acute rejection in patients…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of and Risk Assessment for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review.
M. Konerman,¹ D. Fritze,² R. Weinberg,³ E. Spengler,¹ C. Sonnenday,² P. Sharma.¹
¹Hepatology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Transplantation Surgery, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Cardiology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events remain a major source of morbidity and mortality following liver transplantation (LT). This review evaluates the incidence of and risk assessment…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative Body Composition on Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Y. Hamaguchi, T. Kaido, A. Kobayashi, S. Okumura, S. Yagi, H. Okajima, S. Uemoto.
Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Background: Skeletal muscle depletion has been shown to be an independent predictor of lower overall survival in various diseases. In surgical fields, however, the significance…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Which Is the Predictable Values of Post-Transplant Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence in Patients Received Down Staging Therapy or Bridging Therapy?
S. Song, J. Lee, S.-K. Kwon, J. Lee, J. Lee, D. Han, G. Choi, M. Kim, J. Choi, S. Kim, D. Joo.
Department of Surgery and The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) is one of the best treatment for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, many patients do not…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Original KDRI Predicts Kidney Graft Failure in a Brazilian Cohort.
J. Reusing Jr.,¹ C. Nihei,¹ A. Lino de Souza,² E. David-Neto,¹ C. Ventura.³
¹Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Psychobiology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ³Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clinicas of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Current US allocation system for kidney transplantation (KT) is based on KDRI (Kidney Donor Risk Index). In Brazil, it is still based on HLA-compatibility; donor…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors and Treatment of Incisional Hernia After Kidney Transplantation – An Analysis of 1564 Consecutive Patients.
L. Ooms,¹ J. Verhelst,¹ J. Jeekel,² J. IJzermans,¹ J. Lange,¹ T. Terkivatan.¹
¹Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Purpose The objective was to evaluate the incidence and treatment of incisional hernia following kidney transplantation, and to identify potential risk factors.Methods A retrospective cohort…
2016 American Transplant Congress
BK Polyomavirus Seroreactivity of Kidney Donors Predicts Viremia and Nephropathy in Recipients.
H. Wunderink,¹ E. van der Meijden,¹ C. van der Blij-de Brouwer,¹ M. Mallat,² G. Haasnoot,³ E. van Zwet,⁴ E. Claas,¹ J. de Fijter,³ A. Kroes,¹ F. Arnold,⁵ A. Touzé,⁵ F. Claas,³ J. Rotmans,³ M. Feltkamp.¹
¹Medical Microbiology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ²Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ³Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ⁴Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ⁵UMR INRA 1282 ISP, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
Background Kidney transplant (KTx) donors are not implicated in predicting BK polyomavirus (BKV) infection in the recipient. For BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) however, donor origin of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Center and Surgeons' Experience Improves Outcome in Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Validation of the Report of the A2ALL Consortium.
S. Nagai, A. Yoshida, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, D. Kim, M. Abouljoud.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL) has reported improved outcomes in centers with greater experience (>20 cases). The aim of this study…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Quantitative Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA in Plasma and Kidney Tissue in HCV Antibody Positive Donors.
H. Shike,¹ Z. Kadry,² R. Shah,² Y. Imamura,¹ W. Greene,¹ J. Gaspari,¹ T. Riely,¹ H. Nathan,³ R. Hasz,³ A. Jain.¹
¹Surgery, Transplant, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA; ²Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA; ³OPO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Currently HCV antibody positive deceased donors renal allografts are not considered for transplantation in HCV negative recipients. With recent development of anti-HCV therapy, utilization…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.
C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…